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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Montage Health ("Montage") to collaborate on a joint Electronic Medical Record (EMR) lab interface project with no exchange of funds, retroactively effective on September 13, 2023 through the completion or termination of the collaboration project; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this MOU where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work or add fiscal provisions.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Montage Health ("Montage") to collaborate on a joint Electronic Medical Record (EMR) lab interface project with no exchange of funds, retroactively effective on September 13, 2023 through the completion or termination of the collaboration project; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this MOU where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work or add fiscal provisions.
SUMMARY DISCUSSION:
The Health Department Clinic Services Bureau (Clinic Services) operates ten community clinic sites designated as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), which provide preventive, primary, and specialty medical care services.
Clinic Services is a member of the OCHIN collaborative, which allows for access and usage of Epic's Practice Management (PM) and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. Through the years, OCHIN has provided valuable health information technology support and services to Clinic Services and continuously offers innovative tools and methods, such as progression towards a paperless system, tracking of quality-of-care variables, and developing EMR enhancements and features focused on improving patient heal...
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